Descendants of Celeste Pridgen

CELESTE PRIDGEN, born 1796 in Bulloch County, Georgia, died May 17, 1859 in Bulloch County, Georgia.  Married LEWIS LANIER May 2, 1811 in Bulloch County, Georgia, son of LEWIS LANIER and MARGARET WATERS.  Born 1789 in Lott's Creek, Bulloch County, Georgia, died March 24, 1869 in Madison County, Florida.  Both are buried in Lewis Lanier Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia.

Notes ~ Lewis and Celeste are buried on their homestead, Old Savannah Road, west side of the Ogeechee River.  Later called the "Old Beacham Place."

Children of CELESTE and LEWIS:

Mitchell Lanier b: 1812 in Bulloch County, Georgia

Thomas Charlton Lanier b: 4 July 1814 in Georgia

Hardy Math Lanier b: 16 June 1817 (see below)

Celeste Ann Lanier b: 1819

Susan Lanier b: 1821 (see below)

Caroline Lanier b: 1824

Benjamin F. Lanier b: 6 Sep 1826

Matthew Lanier b: 4 July 1829

Christopher Lanier b: 6 August 1834

Sophronia Lanier b: 16 March 1836

Children of CELESTE and LEWIS are:

HARDY MATH LANIER, b. June 16, 1817; d. December 8, 1893, Bulloch County, Georgia.

SUSAN LANIER, b. July 10, 1819, Georgia; d. December 13, 1888, Emanuel County, Georgia.